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Your Chance to Impact Overseas Housing Allowance

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  • By 51st Comptroller Squadron
OSAN AIR BASE, Republic of Korea --  The Annual Overseas Housing Allowance (OHA) Utility Survey for Korea is open through Dec. 14. 

Annually, the Defense Travel Management Office conducts a survey to collect utility and recurring maintenance expense data from Service members who receive OHA. DTMO uses this data to compute OHA Utility and Recurring Maintenance Allowances for Service members worldwide.

All Service members in Korea who reside off-post and receive OHA are highly encouraged to take the survey at https://www.defensetravel.dod.mil/oha/survey/novoha.html or via the 175th Financial Management Center (FMC) website https://175fmc.korea.army.mil. =The survey may be taken at work or at home.

OHA is a valuable entitlement for Service members stationed overseas. By taking the time and effort to complete the survey, Service members enable the Department of Defense to set equitable OHA utility rates. Before answering the survey questions, respondents should review actual bills or records of their utility and maintenance expenses for the last twelve months. A monthly average for the utility and maintenance portion will be required. Respondents whose utilities are included in their rent are not required to report the actual monthly average of utility bills because a monthly flat rate utility supplement is already included in their OHA.